Washed clothes. Planted garden. Beulah & Les were here in evening. Merrill went to lodge. No school. Shampooed my hair.
Yearly Archives: 1954
Diary Entry for 6/1/1954
Rebekah practice. Merrill, Jim, & Royce Pickert went down to Uncle Earle’s after corn planter.
Diary Entry for 6/2/1954
Rained about all day. Cold. Tore off paper in hall. No Grange. Pomona Grange.
Diary Entry for 6/3/1954
Rained about all day. Baked cookies, cakes, & bread. Merrill went to Gouverneur. Car door isn’t there yet. I went to lodge practice.
Diary Entry for 6/4/1954
Cleaned down stairs bedroom. Painted floor. Still raining.
Diary Entry for 6/5/1954
Baked cakes. Painted bedroom floor second coat. We all went to Sunday School ice cream social. Cold. S. [?] Band played.
Diary Entry for 6/6/1954
Cold & cloudy. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church. Rosie Henderson & Elmer Gleason married today.
Diary Entry for 6/7/1954
Washed & did some of ironing. Rode corn planter in PM.
Diary Entry for 6/8/1954
Rode corn planter all day. Finished planting corn. Finished ironing. Pickert, Merrill, & Jim, took Uncle Earle’s planter home.
Diary Entry for 6/9/1954
Hot today. Rebekah’s initiation of five candidates. Merrill & I went to lodge. 87 present. Mary Hall & Leah went to lodge with us.
Diary Entry for 6/10/1954
Still hot. Terrible thunder storms in evening. Dairyland festival parade but we didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 6/11/1954
I worked at church all day. Our circle put on luncheon for officers training meeting. Vern practiced his Sunday School part at 7:00. Went to C. Band in evening.
Diary Entry for 6/12/1954
Jim went to 4-H Rally Day at 8:30. They won first prize. $10.00. Vern went with band to Carthage to Fireman’s convention. Bennett’s were here. Bad storm in evening.
Diary Entry for 6/13/1954
Children’s Day at Sunday School. We all went to it & church. I had sick headache. Aunt Cora & Uncle Charlie were here in evening. Stormed in night.
Diary Entry for 6/14/1954
Muggy & wet. Thunder storms. Papered in hall. Merrill went to lodge. Some of Rebekah’s went to lodge in Canada. I didn’t go. Stormed in night.
Diary Entry for 6/15/1954
Muggy & rainy. Merrill & I took calf to Gouverneur. Mom called to say Edith Barker is very bad. I took Jim to ball practice.
Diary Entry for 6/16/1954
Merrill & I went out to Barkers & to Dad’s. Edith didn’t know us. Jim & I went to Grange. Oren gave Vernon $5.00 for graduation.
Diary Entry for 6/17/1954
Merrill took car to garage. Got a 28 Chevrolet sedan to drive. I went with Past Grands to Club Colonial for dinner & evening. Very nice. Mom’s birthday.
Diary Entry for 6/18/1954
Finished papering hall. Washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 6/19/1954
Cleaned bathroom & hall floor. Pained living room & dining room floor. Painted kitchen door. Got letter from Uncle Berle. Sent for tie clasp & links.
Diary Entry for 6/20/1954
Boys went to Sunday School. Had chicken dinner. Went for short ride in PM. Flood kids were here in evening to play. Also Mrs. Flood.
Diary Entry for 6/21/1954
Sent letter to Gloria. Washed. Vern got gift from Angie’s. Tie. Also money from Tryon’s. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 6/22/1954
Ironed. Cleaned bedrooms. Went to home Bureau at Edna Fikes. Went to Gouverneur after our car.
Diary Entry for 6/23/1954
Last meeting of Rebekah’s until fall. Jim went to basketball practice.
Diary Entry for 6/24/1954
Painted kitchen cupboard.
Diary Entry for 6/25/1954
We all went to city. Got Vern’s clothes for trip. Merrill got new work shoes. $6.90. George & Margaret were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 6/26/1954
Finished putting ceiling in hall & trim on kitchen. Flood kids were over. Baked cookies in evening. Washed kitchen curtains.
Diary Entry for 6/27/1954
Raining. Boys went to Sunday School. School picnic at Crystal Lake. Edith Barker died this morning at 2:00 AM.
Diary Entry for 6/28/1954
Graduation. Vern is Valedictorian. Eleanor & Roberta came for it. Mom & Dad are in bed with grippe. Marie Barker called to say Edith Barker died Sunday.
Diary Entry for 6/29/1954
Seniors left at 9:30 AM for trip to New York City. Merrill, Jim, & I, went to Edith Barker’s funeral. Merrill was bearer. Eleanor & Roberta went home. We were up home a minute after funeral.
Diary Entry for 6/30/1954
Had lawn party for church. 28 women & 8 children. Made $8.00. Merrill took hay machinery to Claude.
Diary Entry for 7/1/1954
Got letter from Vernon. Jim got card. Having grand time. Merrill & Jim drawed hay at Claude’s in PM.
Diary Entry for 7/2/1954
Merrill was at Leah’s all day. Jim, Vi, Martha, & I, went to Adams after strawberries. @.45 a quart at Greco’s. Jim got shoes & hat. Went up home. Stopped at Washington Park. I went to show in evening. Did most of berries at night. Got folder from Vern.
Diary Entry for 7/3/1954
Cheryl, Vickie, & Kathy, were here all day. Flood children were over. Merrill worked at Claude’s all day. Finished strawberries.
Diary Entry for 7/4/1954
Vernon (seniors) got back from New York City on 7:40 train. Had a wonderful trip but very tired. Merrill & I went to church. Jim went with Howard Hall’s to Crystal Lake for picnic. Mrs. Flood Sr. is bad. Had shock.
Diary Entry for 7/5/1954
Froze peas. Men worked at Simonds. Washed clothes. Rained in PM.
Diary Entry for 7/6/1954
Men worked at Simonds. Baked cookies, & cakes. I went to W.S.C.S. at Margaret Waters. Ironed clothes in evening.
Diary Entry for 7/7/1954
Finished ironing shirts. had 12 dress shirts in ironing. Flood kids were here. Men worked at Simonds all day. Froze peas.
Diary Entry for 7/8/1954
Quite cold today. Like fall. Men worked at Simonds. David Rudes came home with Jim for supper. Got letter from Eleanor.
Diary Entry for 7/9/1954
Rained during night. We all went to city. Got white pocketbook.
Diary Entry for 7/10/1954
Men worked at Claude’s. Warmer today. Vern sent for parts to make kitchen light over sink.
Diary Entry for 7/11/1954
Leah & Claude went with us to Grasse Point on picnic. Betty H. Belcher is in hospital.
Diary Entry for 7/12/1954
Cloudy day. Men worked at Claude’s. Sent card to Betty B. & wrote Mom letter. We went to Northside Drive In.
Diary Entry for 7/13/1954
Did big washing & ironing. Men worked at Claude’s. Flood kids were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 7/14/1954
Jean Hanson has baby boy. Had caesarean operation. Baby not good. Past Noble Grands. 9 of us went to Cairds for dinner. Bad hail storm at Philadelphia. Broke windows at Bacon’s. Merrill went to Past Grands at Antwerp. Rained in PM.
Diary Entry for 7/15/1954
Cool day. Men worked all day at Claude’s. Fred & Doris Aynes barn & tenant house burned to ground. We went to fire. Leah & Claude went too.
Diary Entry for 7/16/1954
Cloudy cold day. Couldn’t hay it. Vernon broke his frames for glasses. We went to city. He got new frames. $14.00. Went out home.
Diary Entry for 7/17/1954
Men hayed it all day at Claude’s. Cleaned & baked.
Diary Entry for 7/18/1954
Went up to Claude’s in PM. Drawed hay.
Diary Entry for 7/19/1954
Subscribed toChildren’s Digest for Jim. Minnie Pike & Audrey Miller was here. Washed clothes. Finished haying at Claude’s. Very hot. Got card from Myrtle Duff from Canada.